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thresher shark

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Noun1.thresher shark - large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feedthresher shark - large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
Alopius vulpinus, fox shark, thresher, thrasher
shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
Alopius, genus Alopius - type genus of the family Alopiidae; in some classifications considered a genus of the family Lamnidae
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Thresher sharks have also been sighted by divers passing over deep volcanic channels, as has the extremely rare and elusive megamouth shark.
Haven for divers by Gulf Weekly
She even took advantage of a unique opportunity to collect samples from mako and thresher sharks caught during a local shark-fishing tournament.
Disease agents are accumulating in sea life: a wide range of marine ... by Thoms, Kristin / Oceanus
The thresher shark was found on Hayle beach, in Cornwall, by the surfers who thought it was a dolphin.
Surfers find shark's body by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
 
 
 
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